Saturday, 28 July 2012

Well, That Seemed To Go Quite Well…

Well, that seemed to
go quite well.

Here’s what the
world’s press said in the wake of the Olympic Opening Ceremony…

Describing the ceremony
as “whimsical” the LA Times noted:

“The ceremony could
not have been more of a contrast from Beijing's four years ago, replacing
Chinese militaristic precision with British fancifulness. Hospital beds for a
scene honoring the National Health Service were rolling onto the stage while a
children's choir sang the British national anthem, ‘God Save the Queen.”

Die Welt praised the
“inspired music”, The Sydney Morning Herald said that Danny Boyle’s show, “Did
not take itself too seriously, but was never trivial,

while The Washington Post
proclaimed our self-effacing qualities:

“The message from
Britain resonated loud and clear: We may not always be your cup of tea, but you
know — and so often love — our culture nonetheless.”

The New York Times was
of the opinion that:

“The opening ceremony
of the London Olympics on Friday was a tableau of national pride that studiously
avoided bathos and easy excesses of patriotism.”

This from The
Hollywood Reporter:

“The key note of any
Olympics opener is a celebratory one, but Boyle injected playful irreverence,
unexpected humor and even darkness. From the puffy fake clouds suspended over
the arena, acknowledging the U.K.’s infamy as lousy-weather capital of the
planet, to the mischievous inclusion of the Sex Pistols’ doing “God Save the
Queen” in the filmed intro, whimsy played more of a part in the proceedings
than solemn sense of occasion.”